The internet and the internationalisation of small knowledge-intensive firms: Promises, problems and prospects

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 153-175

  Prashantham, Shameen ^a   Young, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internationalisation; Internet; Knowledge intensive firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144456489     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2004.005382     Document Type: Article

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